Nervecentre V8.1 Help for Users

Medicine orders

You can manage medicine orders for inpatients from  Pharmacy.

Medicine orders on a mobile

You can't do this on a mobile.

Medicine orders on a desktop

Overview of Medicine Orders

From  Pharmacy > Medicine Orders, you can view medicine orders for inpatients.

	You can view the medicine orders for a selected list of patients. Select  to choose a list of patients. When you mouseover the name of the current patient list, the name of the previous patient list you viewed shows below. Select the name of the previous patient list to view medicine orders for patients in that list.
	Shows your selected patient list.
Show All	Select this to view all medicine orders.
	Select this to search for a specific patient.
	Shows a table of medicine orders for the selected patient list. To sort medicine orders, select a column heading. To see medicine orders for a patient, select any cell in the table. The patient’s medicine orders appear on the right side of the screen. If the patient has multiple medications ordered, they all appear in the list.
	The default view only shows a limited amount of the menu. Drag the partition to show all the fields.
	Shows the patient’s details. Select  to view the MAR Medicines Administration Record. Also known as drug chart. A list of all medication prescribed and administered (given). for the patient.
Outstanding Orders	Shows the prescriptions ordered for that patient.
	Select a medication from Outstanding Orders and select Print and dispense selected to create a Dispensary worksheet PDF. Read more about dispensing an ordered medication Select a medication from Outstanding Orders and select Reject selected orders to reject a medication order. Read more about rejecting a medication order
Completed and cancelled orders	Shows the medication orders that have been completed or cancelled.
	Select a medication from Completed and cancelled orders and select Revert to outstanding to revert an order which has been dispensed or rejected in error. Read more about reverting a dispensed or rejected medication order Select a medication from Completed and cancelled orders and select Reprint to reprint a dispensed medicine order form. Read more about printing a dispensed medication order form

Dispensing an ordered medication

From Medicine Orders, you can select a patient to view orders associated with the patient. On the right of the list of patients, you can find outstanding orders, and completed and cancelled orders.

Select  Pharmacy.
Make sure you are viewing the inpatient pharmacy.

Depending on your permissions, IP appears in the top right-hand corner if you are viewing the inpatient pharmacy, OP if you are viewing the outpatient pharmacy.

If OP is visible, select OP. The text will change to IP.
Select Medicine Orders.
Select a medicine order.
Select one or more medications from Outstanding orders.
Optional: to enter a pharmacy note related to a medication, double-click in Pharmacy notes.
Select Print and dispense selected to create a dispensary worksheet PDF.

When dispensed, the order is moved to Completed and cancelled orders.

Completed orders do not appear in the list of medicine orders. To view or amend a completed order, select  and search for the patient.

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